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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson hits out at 'snowflake generation' for 'looking for a reason to be offended (Update: The Rock Says Interview Never Happened)
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you hate the word "snowflake" because the people that use it sincerely are wearing their reactionary politics on their sleeve instead of doing the song and dance you're feeling compelled to do right here
lol, YES? THAT'S CALLED BEING A DECENT PERSON HAHAHAHA
Are you gonna call me a SJW too now?
They always out themselves eventually. Back to GAF with ya.
It's not a matter of opinion that's why. We know he's talking about Hart and only Hart not some larger discussion so the people chiming in with "he's right," must be either thinking that the Hart criticism was unfair OR they are the group that calls people SJWs. That group 9.9/10 times are Trumpers.
I mean, he's right that there's a "certain sector of society" that's "looking for reasons to be offended" and is "actually putting us backward". Just that, as always, that sector of society is the one that's constantly calling others stupid terms like "snowflakes" or "SJWs", or, you know, complaining about how everyone else is offended "nowadays".
LOL at CurseVox's bs. Telling someone to not be offended over every little thing is such a white thing to do. I've lost count on how many times this happens here, any asian era member can attest to that.
that's adorable and I understand how vague these "hes' right you know" cowards actually are but that isn't it.
especially in a thread about that cornball dwayne obviously making these comments because of kevin hart's homophobic bullshit.
how about some self-reflection from these posters and the self realization of being a straight up asshole? it would make things easier.
also, am i back on neogaf?
Why do you think he opened by pointing out that everyone gets to be who they want to be? No, he isn't talking about whiny gamers. You're ignoring important parts of what he said to project your own point into this.
Bautista has always been a great wrestler and a decent dude and i'm glad more people are seeing that now.
He opened his post by saying he hates the term snowflake. At that point, I assumed the rest of his point is not about advocating for how conservatives use snowflake without he himself using the term snowflake. I thought he was speaking to what can be reasonably considered illegitimate outrage, such as the examples I listed.
Whole lot of people risking breaking their toes tiptoeing about what they really mean up in here, it's so transparent
Shocking that so few of you can be found in politically sensitive threads, almost like you're scared what people make of your actual opinions
Shocking that so few of you can be found in politically sensitive threads, almost like you're scared what people make of your actual opinions
one of these things is not like the other
this kind of deep paranoia is boorish and egotistical
I agree. There are things that absolutely should be called out and they are. That is a positive thing. I don't think that's the issue though.
So what term do we use for a guy who hears someone say happy holidays and get extremely upset about it? Or an obviously low income person who withdrew from a class after it was too late to get a refund, because a teacher said their hero was acting like a child? Gotta have some kind of term to explain those idiotic situations.
I honestly just found out that they were friends thanks to this thread lmao. I've always ignored everything to do with Kevin Hart
I love that response haha
So there's no nuance for discussion is what you trying to tell me. That's where you and I disagree because if every discussion such a this gets some accused of being an alt right than what's the point of even engaging.
I'm a minority Hispanic guy, and I'm not even looking at that statement from a gender,race or political view. I do however agree that people do get offended over the smallest of things. Now with that said I'm not trying to silence your opinion or of others. Topics like this is easily to get dog pilled on for not agreeing with the general consensus.
If he was alluding to the Kevin Hart situation then sure but he isn't and people want to see and read what they want from that statement.
Those are my two cents, I think what I said isn't egregious and actually rather respectful (cause tone is an issue at times). But I agree with what he said taking the Kevin Hart thing out of the equation.
Every insult to Cena(and Punk) basically being "You're gay, and gay is bad" was kind of gross too but at least in those instances there were his adversary and were beating him up. Vicki had no involvement in anything. She wasn't even a heel authority figure anymore.
Ryback saying "you're a nice person and you don't deserve this" and hugging her was meant to make Ryback look stupid, but he looked like the only sane one in the bunch.
"He added: "We thankfully now live in a world that has progressed over the last 30 or 40 years. People can be who they want, be with who they want, and live how they want."
This is very easy to say for a straight man celebrity with millions of dollars in their bank account. He won't get fired for being gay. He won't be beaten up for being trans. He won't be paid less for being a woman. And due to his line of work and success, he won't even be denied a job or a loan for being black.
But he will lose his shit for being in a badly reviewed movie. Kinda like a snowflake.
Also "my friend Rupert Murdoch", fucking ewww.
This is very easy to say for a straight man celebrity with millions of dollars in their bank account. He won't get fired for being gay. He won't be beaten up for being trans. He won't be paid less for being a woman. And due to his line of work and success, he won't even be denied a job or a loan for being black.
But he will lose his shit for being in a badly reviewed movie. Kinda like a snowflake.
Also "my friend Rupert Murdoch", fucking ewww.
MBS and now Kevin Hart. Who's next Rock?
This is honestly 10000x worse than defending Kevin Hart.
Dude cheated on his wife when she had cancer. Let's not get crazy.
So you have common sense, decency and manners but yet you say if someone gets offended by something you say, that is their problem not yours?
How do those trains of thought fit together?
Lol that Charlie Kirk Twitter is something else. Like defending that stupid wall is his dayjob or something. Also, LMAO at 'my good bitch', such a perfect response!
ah yes, but has he used the word 'snowflake' in a way that people deem is suspicious?
Opinionated idiots?
That kind of thing is nothing new, as reasoned above. It's certainly not a generation thing, and it's certainly not "new" and "increasing".
"Snowflake generation" is terminology used by the right to shit on marginalised people. The less we +1 it, the better.
Pretty sure the people "offended" by calling Thanks a sociopath were mostly people who think he was right to want to commit genocide for the "right" reasons too. Not exactly the perfect candidates for generation snowflake.
I don't see why people are so eager to declare which celeb is a great human being, when none of us know these people and never will.
Just chill
Yep. They've got their own insecurities about the world changing and leaving them and their outdated views/opinions behind. So they have to find someone to blame for making them feel left out of the new, more progressive world.
As always, it's the young generations that they point their ire towards. Tale as old as time.
He stans for shitty people. He talks about snowflakes, and then behaved like one when he got called out in regards to his instagram post about MBS.
I mean I'd never use the term snowflake anyway because of the alt right freaks lol
I mean, there are very few reasons we can look at a person and make an overall value judgement regardless of celebrity status.
Kevin Spacey? Obviously a giant chode-face.
The Rock? He has opinions about things.
There's nothing specifically wrong with leaning right or having a bootstrap mentality, though. There is a degree of truth in overcoming obstacles yourself rather than expecting help and it's not like everything conservatives stand for is automatically wrong, either. In fact, most of the time, it's the people who represent conservative values that are the issue rather than the values themselves.
As for the snowflake thing, it's kind of a widespread issue independent of political ideology. Even in the field of comedy, lots of jokes no longer fly because people are now deciding they're offended by them. It's very difficult to draw a line between things that are actually offensive and things people are choosing to be offended by and it's very easy to get dogpiled for enjoying things the internet has decided in the last few years is no longer acceptable. Take Mel Brooks' movies - it's frowned upon to like even Young Frankenstein or Spaceballs these days because they're considered offensive and Mel Brooks himself admitted he couldn't release those movies today because they'd be considered too offensive.
And it's not just a "millenial" thing, either. Remember last year and the whole punching Nazis thing and how conservatives got super offended by it and demanded civility?
That's what people are +1ing ITT, though. He used that language.
I can only speak for myself, but I very specifically was not referring to anything Hart related, and was only speaking to a larger discussion regarding the amount of people online and the diversity of things that upset people being so great that it inherently covers both legitimate and illegitimate topics.
I agree. I don't even really think it's specific to one generation either.
MBS and now Kevin Hart. Who's next Rock?
Ooof. The state of that.
To think I used to be such a fan of the rock yet now all I think when I hear him speak is - fuck the rock!
Yes society has made progress but that's because people refused to stay silent about the mistreatment many were suffering. Just because progress has been made it doesn't mean society is where it should be.
We still have discrimination, bigotry and abuse prevalent in many forms yet according to people like him, we should all just take what gains have been made and shut up about anything else.
Also the term snowflake truly only applies to the right who can't accept that people want to be treated equally or want consideration in their daily lives.
Yes society has made progress but that's because people refused to stay silent about the mistreatment many were suffering. Just because progress has been made it doesn't mean society is where it should be.
We still have discrimination, bigotry and abuse prevalent in many forms yet according to people like him, we should all just take what gains have been made and shut up about anything else.
Also the term snowflake truly only applies to the right who can't accept that people want to be treated equally or want consideration in their daily lives.
Shhh, we're busy shitting on the Rock right now to remember that!
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Oh yeah I forgot how much of a fucker the Rock actually is. What an asshole.
MBS and now Kevin Hart. Who's next Rock?
I'll assume you're being sarcastic but since people really do justify their deification of celebs playing a fictional character, I'll say this,
Just watch the damned movie. All of this celebrity worship is just silly.
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